Hi - loud, whiny steppers

Creality Hi Printer
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I got a Hi and I’m very unpleasantly surprised by the LOUD stepper motor drivers! They’re MUCH louder than the literally silent ones on my old Ender 3 upgraded with the 4.2.7 silent board. I would think that Creality would use silent drivers in its newest model but no, it’s obnoxiously loud, high pitched and whiny! Turning speed down actually makes it even worse, it’s like the original steppers from the default Ender 3 board (IIRC 4.2.1) from 2018.

I don’t really mind the fans that are also cheap and loud as I can easily upgrade those but the steppers are a bit too much. I can hear it behind a closed door in a next room.

Anyone else find this unacceptable? Any way to improve this?

Here’s a video

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Hello, I have a Creality K2 Pro, and it comes with Closed-Loop Servo Motors, they are very quiet. I had a Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro, and it was a lot quieter than your printer. I recommend that you search YouTube for a video of your model printing and compare, it might be a Coil-Winning problem on one of the motors.

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Thank you, I already did that, some do have similar sounds (such as on Aurora’s chanel), but probably not to my extent.

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